Shrub to about 1.5 m tall. Leaves to about 5 cm long, 5 cm wide, divided 2-3 times into linear, pointed segments to about 1mm wide with a tangled appearance. Flower clusters spidery, erect, terminal, sometimes with a few branches. Flowers bright red, waxy, becoming black, hairless outside, hairy inside; spring to summer. Fruit slightly hairy.

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Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.